“Hm. Didn’t you use to be a lot smaller?”
“Yes,” said Jinx. “Because I used to be six.”
― quote from Jinx
“...if you spent all your time being protected, you never got to find out anything new.”
― quote from Jinx
“I was banished,” said Reven proudly.
“What for?” Elfwyn pressed.
“The king said I was anathema.”
“He doesn’t like athemas?”
“Anathema means, like, accursed,” said Jinx. “Probably it was for robbing people.”
― quote from Jinx
“I’m not sure how people drink out of skulls,” Jinx added. Calvin had too many holes in him to make a good cup.”
― quote from Jinx
“I’ll accompany you too, fair lady,” said Reven. “I would fain meet your grandmother.”
“You would what?” said Elfwyn.
“He means he’d like to,” said Jinx. Some of the books in Simon’s house used old-fashioned words like that.”
― quote from Jinx
“Many things in life are difficult," said Reven, choosing his words carefully. "But to those who persevere, all things are possible. ”
― quote from Jinx
“Life is dangerous," said Simon. "Young people need to see the world.”
― quote from Jinx
“The king killed his brother, who was actually king, so that he could be king. Then the dead king’s wife and baby disappeared, on account the baby would’ve been king, so the brother probably killed them, too. They do that kind of thing all the time, kings do. They can kill anybody they don’t like.”
― quote from Jinx
“amidst the horrors of war, it became apparent that there was no way he could possibly survive the carnage. And if by some stroke of fate he managed to come through the conflict with his body intact, he knew that his soul would not be so lucky.”
― Julia Quinn, quote from Dancing at Midnight
“«Chiedo una guerra contro il governo della repubblica di Smeraldo», disse, «che ostacola insolentemente l’egemonia dei nostri salami e dei nostri prosciutti su tutti i mercati dell’universo.» «Chi è quel deputato?», chiese il dottor Obnubile. «È un salumiere.» «Ci sono obiezioni?» chiese il presidente. «Metto la proposta ai voti.» La guerra contro la repubblica di Smeraldo fu votata per alzata di mano a grande maggioranza. «Come?», esclamò Obnubile rivolto all’interprete. «Hanno approvato una guerra con tanta rapidità e indifferenza?» «Oh! È una guerra di poca importanza che costerà solo otto milioni di dollari.» «Ma le perdite...» «Le perdite sono comprese negli otto milioni di dollari.» Allora il dottor Obnubile si prese la testa fra le mani e pensò amaramente: «Visto che la ricchezza e la civiltà sono fonti di guerre, non meno della povertà e della barbarie, visto che la follia e la cattiveria degli uomini sono inguaribili, rimane solo una buona azione da compiere. Il saggio ammucchierà tanta dinamite quanto basta a far saltare in aria questo pianeta. Quando volerà in pezzi nello spazio, un miglioramento impercettibile si sarà verificato nell’universo e sarà concessa una soddisfazione alla coscienza universale, che d’altra parte non esiste».”
― Anatole France, quote from Penguin Island
“56 percent of learned information is forgotten within an hour of being encoded. By the time one day has passed, another 10 percent is gone. A month after the information is learned, 80 percent of it has vanished. How”
― Michelle Richmond, quote from The Year of Fog
“It's hard to watch. Can't stand the pressure of that much hope.”
― Lisa McMann, quote from Dead to You
“The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, quote from The Wisdom of Life
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